Amid echoes of colonial history on Signal Hill, a deeper call emerges to honor the Beothuk and return Demasduit and ...

This harpoon tip was found near the remnants of a Beothuk mamateek on Beothuk Lake. Its presence at an inland site shows the continued importance of coastal seal hunting right to the end of the ...

Shanawdithit, a Beothuk woman who died of tuberculosis in 1829, was the last known Beothuk. The group had thrived in Newfoundland with as many as 2,000 people there, until the Europeans arrived in ...

The arrival of Europeans brought about widespread disease, loss of hunting ground and possible genocide. The last known Beothuk woman, Shawnadithit, died in St. John’s in 1829.

While Cartwright didn’t encounter any people as he travelled along the Exploits River — the Beothuk, who moved with the seasons, were likely hunting at the coast — he made several maps of the area.

THE BEOTHUK SAGA By Bernard Assiniwi Translated by Wayne Grady McClelland & Stewart, 352 pages, $34.99 REVIEWED BY. Ever since the Beothuk Indians of Newfoundland ceased to exist as a distinct ...

An archeological dig on an island in the middle of Newfoundland's Exploits River is shedding light on how the Beothuk people cooked, lived and socialized. A team of researchers have spent the last six ...

Glenn Alteen, program director at grunt, said the kidnapping and murder of Demasduit and Nonosabasut wasn’t an isolated incident.It was close to the final chapter for the Beothuk. During 300 ...